Overseas Chinese flock home as coronavirus blankets the West

Beijing uses big data to intercept imported cases from US and Europe

20200317 heading home to beijing

Passengers wait to check in for an Air China flight from New York, where coronavirus cases have been rising, on March 13. © Reuters

YIFAN YU, Nikkei staff writer

PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Elena, a Chinese graduate student in Italy, was headed home. But after two sleepless nights, she landed about 8,000 km away from Beijing on Monday -- in Ethiopia.

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